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Honoring the behind-the-scenes talent that helped shape the experience of theatergoers around the world over the past year, the 66th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards were held on Saturday night (January 25). The big winner this year was Alfonso Cuarón, whose film Gravity won the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film prize.

Cho-Cho San (Japanese actress Mariko Wordell), is a young geisha who survived the atomic bomb that leveled the city and marked the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II. She is seduced and later abandoned by a handsome American pilot, Pinkerton (played by a very seductive Edoardo Ponti, son of Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti).

Sam Rockwell can easily be called a Sundance veteran: the actor has had seven films premiere at the festival over the years, starting with Arresting Gina and Tom DiCillo’s Box of Moonlight. This time he came to promote Lynn Shelton’s Laggies with co-stars Keira Knightley and Chloe Grace Moretz.

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The man speaking is a hood who comes to retrieve his lost bag of money, and 'Tiger', the woman he is talking to, is the one who found the bag and won't let go. And you know right away that you are in film noir territory, where the women are indeed beautiful, and smart, and hard.

A bracelet finishes off the look at the 71st Annual Golden Globes.

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Take a look at the wide variety of evening bags that appeared at the 71st Annual Golden Globes.

As the Sundance Festival approaches the midway point the sun keeps shining on Park City marking the second year in a row Sundance has been blessed by downright balmy conditions which in turn favor a relaxed mood (aside from the odd jostling match on overcrowded shuttles). The fare so far has been customarily eclectic, ranging from fringe to ready-for- multiplex crowd pleasers.

Whether it's pumps, slingbacks, loafers, sandals or high heeled shoes, the 71st Annual Golden Globes offered a wide variety of glorious shoes. .